So, you're dead. Shame, that.
But on the other hand, it's actually kind of nice.
When you "wake" in some odd version of it, you'll find yourself lying on a rather plush bed. It's cozy and warm and just soft enough to tempt anyone back into sleep. The room is equally nice, if small, and when you turn and open the curtains to look out the window, you will see... wait, is that the town?
It is, actually. The town is laid out quite simply across the window and no matter how many times you may bang or wave through the window, no one seems to notice you. If you're smart enough to give up the venture and leave the small bedroom, you will notice that, of course, you are on the train.
The train that, is actually pretty fancy.
Moving through it, past the sleeping cabins and through to the main carts, you will find a dining car with fine dishware and meals of all kinds made at a push of a button or a request given to the air. They'll appear, freshly made and ready to eat at the table of your choice with any drink you could want. There truly doesn't seem to be any limits when it comes to the luxury of the meal.
There is also a bathhouse car with private bathrooms and saunas to fit up to four. Even one rather large room containing a small pool/hot tub of sorts is available for just about anyone to take a dip. It's kind of outlandish, honestly.
Then the lounge car, with its library and plush armchairs and couches. A pool table, a darts board, even a small area dedicated to painting. There's a bar too, fully stocked and ready for anyone who needs a drink. All it would require is a request from the bartender who... looks surprisingly familiar?
The Sheriff is there, much cleaner cut than his counterpart outside of the train. He looks up mildly at any arrivals, giving them a nod of greeting before going back to organizing bottles or setting cigars out for a smoke. He doesn't seem to be surprised at all by anyone who appears. Just... ready to serve them, whatever they may wish.
It all sort of seems okay for a moment, until you realize you're just here to wait for the game to end. Awkward. |
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Because... you were also Yuna's friend, Milla had told him as to why she wished to understand him. You also can't control when people worry about you, Shinnosuke.
I told you, it's things like thinking about the people who are important to me that keep me strong, Yuna had told him a long time ago—what feels like a long time ago. In a way, it's reassuring that she's saying the same things, even now.
(I want you to be able to do your best and I want you to be safe and well here.)
He didn't expect a repeat of their conversation, especially in this context. But that's how life works, he supposes. They both failed: he couldn't keep Yuna safe, and she couldn't protect him either. They both died meaningless deaths.
And yet, he knows what she's saying to be true. Now, all he has left is his faith in the others—and it disgusts him that he's thinking this way, but he can no longer change his mind. He believes in the allies he's made. He might even be able to call them friends; he doesn't know.
It's terrifying, to let go. To accept that he has to leave this all in someone else's hands.
Maybe he would've been happier if he'd holed himself up on the train and refused to see anyone. He wouldn't have to deal with the likes of Yuna then. He wouldn't have to feel this way.
In spite of that, he doesn't know if he regrets being in her arms right now. Not for the first time, it's so, so tempting to let himself be an ordinary seventeen-year-old for once, and to not be afraid of being loved.]
Idiot. [He repeats, for good measure.] ... I wish you'd stop seeing through me.
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The feeling might be mutual, I guess.
[To be honest, he still doesn't entirely understand how it feels to have someone important to him, besides his sister. But he recalls the hollowness he felt when he heard that Yuna died (he couldn't see her corpse; none of it felt real), and so, he realizes that... ah.
That's what that means, isn't it?]
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It takes her that half-moment, and she laughs lightly against Shinnosuke's shoulder, and squeezes him tight again before she starts to back up. She doesn't let go of him yet, but she does put enough space between them that she can look up at him, and—not that Yuna doesn't almost always have some kind of stupid grin on her face, but she's positively beaming.]
I'm really happy to hear you say that. [Might and guess might not be much to anyone else, but she sees right through him, and they mean the world to her.] I really, really am!
[Yuna has meant every word she ever said; I want you to be able to do your best, I won't give up on you, I love you. She meant If we cooperate, and we keep each other as comfortable as we can, we'll be ready for whatever happens and I think you want to do good. Remembering Karin, cold and sharp but wishing she could be better, never having the support and strength to make that come true, Yuna could never just leave Shinnosuke on his own, either.
She's happiest if she's helped, if someone else is happy. If Shinnosuke is willing to open up to her, to let her stay by his side and support him, if he'll put his trust in her even now—that's all she could ask for. If he's a little stronger for it, then so is she.
This time, she's failed. Still, she has no room for regret. Next time, she'll do better. Her strength is in the people she loves and she's certain of that now more than ever.]
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He'll never be able to smile like that again.
If Yuna still can, though... in a way, that's one of the most heartening things he's witnessed yet in this place. Though Shinnosuke still finds it naive, reckless, and a path liable to end in failure (as it already has; he's no better, though), he knows.
People like Yuna are what make the world worth fighting for. And it gives him hope, however dim and unwanted, that if she can make it through everything and retain her light, then maybe, just maybe, he'll find his own once again.
He's never given much thought about what he'll do after he saves his sister. Stay by her side, ideally, but in the back of his mind, he's aware that he no longer has any concept of living normally. He may not even be able to be Saki's big brother anymore, when all that's left is a monster standing in her brother's place.
It's fine, because he doesn't care what he is so long as she's saved. He never intended to be happy. He can't have something like that now, and even after... well, it's just an afterthought.
But looking at Yuna now, it makes him wonder if finding happiness for himself isn't so unreachable.
His mouth twitches, his expression wry.]
Okay, that's a few too many "really"s there.
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[oh boy here we go]
I'm really, really happy! [She lets him go so she can hold her arms out wide, grinning.] I'm really, really, really happy! [Eyes shining, she clenches her hands into determined fists beside her.] I'm really, really, really, really, really, really happy!
[Leave it to Yuna to literally die and still manage six "really"s in a row. She loves this asshole. She's thrilled.]
If I had something better to say than "happy," I would, but that's all I've got, so I'll just have to use more "really"s instead!
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Stop that. Now.
[... He's touched. He really is. Really, really, even.]
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[she's
not stopping.]
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[He just stares. Still waiting, Yuna.]
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[nope. still going
she's graduating to looking baffled instead now though]
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Mmph mmon't you let me tell yoouuuu—
[pppause, like she needs a second to realise she's talking audibly now]
...What was that for?
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[because he's a jerk, Yuna]
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... You're seriously asking me that?
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Yes?
[she looks like she thinks this is a trick question]
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[yuna.]
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... Do you always have some kind of positive spin on things?
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I guess so! I mean, why always just worry about the worst of things?
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[He sighs.]
I seriously can't keep up with you...
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[what the fuck is she talking about he's literally run away from her three times over the course of this conversation]
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Shinnosuke just stares at her, because really.]
... You know, by this point, I'm not entirely convinced that you aren't just faking it.
[Can someone really be this clueless????]
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I don't get it.
[so that's.]
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[LIKE FRIENDSHIP]
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[NO]
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